Literaturely

Paige and Margaret tackle the flipped class! Due to the pandemic, we have all been forced to adapt our teaching styles for a changing world. In this episode, we consider how a flipped classroom can he...

23 Apr 202147min

The single-novel course might be the paragon of the English course. People imagine students lounging on college lawns, browsing Joyce's Ulysses or Tolstoy's War and Peace. But is this the reality of t...

9 Apr 202148min

How do we handle the depictions of mothers in literature? What is the function of motherhood within larger institutions? What are some goals for exploring the maternal identity within the classroom? W...

26 Mar 202148min

Do you feel like your students dread group projects? Are you unsure how to refresh your approach? In this episode, Paige and Margaret break down their approaches to incorporating group projects into t...

12 Mar 202150min

In this episode, we have a guest co-host, Ramsey, Mathews, joining us to discuss teaching dramatic works in a literature class. Ramsey has a PhD in poetry, a masters in American drama, and a couple of...

26 Feb 202150min

It's Valentine's Day! Love is in the air, birds are singing, chocolates are melting, and . . . it's still a pandemic. We need some romantic escapism. In this episode, Paige and Margaret chat about the...

12 Feb 202146min

Paige and Margaret are back in season 2 with a consideration of Civil Rights literature. What are the goals of teaching Civil Rights Movements in a literature classroom? What sort of texts do we inclu...

28 Jan 202142min

Paige and Margaret review Season One, and discuss what they've learned so far. We share our "end-of-semester" reflections, go meta with our pedagogy dream course, and chat about what's to come in Seas...

21 Jan 202129min